Associate Professor Geoff Ginn
Associate Professor

Geoff Ginn

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Background

Geoff teaches British history, urban history, historigraphy and public history in the School of Historical & Philosophical Inquiry. His biography of the English mystic, antiquarian, Freemason and museums pioneer J.S.M. Ward appeared as Archangels & Archaeology: JSM Ward's Kingdom of the Wise in 2012, followed by Culture, Philanthopy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London (Routledge, 2017, paperback edition 2019). His current projects include an ARC Linkage project (2019-2022) to develop a Queensland Atlas of Religon, as well as a book project on the intimate politics of social liberalism in Britain, 1880-1920. Since 2005 he has served on the Board of the State Library of Queensland (to 2008) and the Queensland Museum (2008-2013, 2017-2023), and as a judge in the Queensland Literary Awards.

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Associate Professor Geoff Ginn is:
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Fields of research

Historical studies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Queensland Atlas of Religion

    Aspects of religious diversity and community experience in Queensland, historically and in the present.

Research impacts

Geoff's research spans the academic, public history and museum sectors. In addition to scholarly research in British history, urban history and heritage studies, he has undertaken a number of consultancies and contracts as a professional historian. He was a Chief Investigator on the innovative ARC Linkage project to develop the Queensland Historical Atlas (2007-2010), and is presently first CI on another ARC Linkage project to develop a Queensland Atlas of Religion (to be completed 2023-24, in partnership with the State Library of Queensland). In 2015-2018 he led a UQ colaboration to secure Queensland Anzac Centenary funding to develop and produce The Blood Votes, an original play by Michael Futcher dramatising the Queensland conscription debates of 1916-17. This was staged by the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble in November 2018, accompanied by a website of teaching materials and original sources developed in collaboration with the Queensland History Teachers Association. (https://hpi.uq.edu.au/australian-conscription-debate)

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61 works between 2001 and 2024
All (61) Journal Article (35) Book Chapter (9) Conference Publication (2) Book (4) Other Outputs (8) Edited Outputs (3)

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2001

Other Outputs

Gifts of culture, centres of light

Ginn, Geoff (2001). Gifts of culture, centres of light. PhD Thesis, School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Classics, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.1162

Gifts of culture, centres of light

Past funding

  • 2019 - 2024
    The Queensland Atlas of Religion
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2018
    The blood votes: a historical drama
    Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants Program
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    "Conscription!?" The debates of 1916-17 as historical theatre
    Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants Program
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    The Queensland Historical Atlas: Histories, Cultures, Landscapes
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    The Queensland Historical Atlas: Histories, Cultures, Landscapes
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    John Ward: Historical Biography
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Geoff Ginn is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Master Philosophy

    An assessment of the social significance of public buildings to understand past heritage management decisions, and inform future heritage management.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Wilson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    FM Bailey: Botanist in Colonial Queensland

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Rod Fensham

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Pastoralism and Modernity in the Burnett region of Queensland, 1890-1920

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Adjunct Professor Ruth Kerr

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Botanic Practice of Frederick Manson Bailey: Science through a Historical Lens

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Rod Fensham

  • Master Philosophy

    German Lutheran Leadership in Southeast Queensland During World War 1

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Collecting Antiquities in Wartime: Australian antiquities collectors in the First World War

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn

  • Master Philosophy

    An assessment of the social significance of public buildings to understand past heritage management decisions, and inform future heritage management.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Wilson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    "Spiritual Hungary": Self-Representation, National Heritage, and Identity at the Hungarian Australian Cultural Festivals (1969-2017)

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Why Go Modern? The Catholic School Designs of Frank L. Cullen

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    From the oder and the rhine: Germans in South Australia, 1838-1914

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    From Revolutionary Hopes to Shattered Dreams: the revolutionary left in Australia, 1918-1925

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Performing the Nation: Practices of Identity Maintenance in the Australian-Hugarian Diaspora

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Bulgarian participation in the Brest-Litovsk Treaty negotiations

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Climate, resource and culturally responsive strategies for tropical buildings: Comparative study of educational buildings in post-war West Africa within the global context.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Antony Moulis, Dr Andrew Wilson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Climate, resource and culturally responsive strategies for tropical buildings: Comparative study of educational buildings in post-war West Africa within the global context.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Antony Moulis, Dr Andrew Wilson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Russian and Ukrainian diaspora in Australia: cultural memory, perceptions of identity

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Master Philosophy

    Radicalism in the rank-and-file shop committee and assembly movements in Australian trade unions from 1930-1960

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    From Revolutionary Hopes to Shattered Dreams: the revolutionary left in Australia, 1918-1925

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Applied history
  • British history
  • Heritage studies
  • Historical consultancy
  • History - applied
  • History - British
  • History - urban
  • Modern British history
  • Urban history

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